"It was very, very scary. I was very naive about dancing and just went head-on into it. I didn't know what to do. When I think back, it was kinda comical. They told me I had to wear break-away bottoms. I had no clue what break-away bottoms were.
"I went out to Frederick's of Hollywood and bought a bra and full-back bottoms with strings on the side that I could just untie. It was the most ridiculous thing. And that was my first day. It was horrible. But the other girls took me under their wing and they taught me so I started feeling more comfortable. But my first day was a disaster.
"I was living back in the Bronx. First, I danced in Goldfingers in Queens, New York and then in a club called T&A's in Monsey, in upstate New York. This was a small, little club--it was like a little hole in the wall--but the atmosphere was great at the time and the clientele was good."
